(70 ILCS 2405/22a.47)(from Ch. 42, par. 317d.48)Sec. 22a.47. Appointment of engineers, clerks and
inspectors, execution and acceptance of work and recourse
on District. The committee of local improvements may appoint an engineer
for the committee and such assistant engineers, clerks and inspectors as
may be necessary to carry into effect the purposes of this Act.The committee is hereby authorized to make or cause to
be made the written contracts and receive all bonds
authorized by this Act and to do any other act, expressed or
implied, that pertains to the execution of the work provided
for by the ordinance authorizing such work. The committee
shall fix the time for the commencement of the work under
such ordinance and for the completion of the work under
all contracts entered into by it. This work shall be
prosecuted with diligence thereafter to completion, and the
committee may extend the time so fixed from time to time as
they may think best for the public good. The work to be
done pursuant to such contracts in all cases must be done
under the direction and to the satisfaction of the
committee, and all contracts made therefor must contain a
provision to that effect, and also express notice that in no
case, except as otherwise provided in the ordinance, or the
judgment of the court, shall the committee, or district,
except as otherwise provided in this Act, or any officer
thereof, be liable for any portion of the expenses nor for
any delinquency of persons or property assessed.The acceptance by the committee of any improvement
shall be conclusive in the proceeding to make the
assessment and in all proceedings to collect the assessment
or installments thereof on all persons and property assessed
therefor that the work has been performed substantially
according to the requirements of the ordinance therefor.
However, if any property owner is injured by any failure so
to construct the improvement or suffers any pecuniary loss
thereby, he may recover the amount of the injury in a civil
action against the district making the improvement if the
action is commenced within one year from the date of the
acceptance of the work by the committee.(Source: P.A. 85-1137.)